Resistance, Voice, and Verse: A Latino Poetry Reading

Name: Resistance, Voice, and Verse: A Latino Poetry Reading
Start: 2025-04-10T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-10T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 101 2nd St SE, Rochester, MN, United States, Minnesota 55904

Schedule

Thu Apr 10 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

101 2nd St SE, Rochester, MN, United States, Minnesota 55904 | Rochester, MN

Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, and our partners, for a special Poetry Month celebration of Latino poetry at the Rochester Public Library! This engaging event will feature readings of powerful poems, and opportunities for discussion and reflection. Students from Rochester Public Schools will read from the recently released Latino Poetry Anthology, Places We Call Home, as well as their original work, and the event will be emceed by City of Rochester Poet Laureate, Jean Prokott.
Attendees will have a chance to win a copy of the Latino Poetry Anthology - come celebrate the rich tradition of Latino poetry, connect with fellow poetry lovers, and share in the beauty of language and storytelling. Free to attend, light refreshments provided. All are welcome!
“Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home is a major public humanities initiative, planned for 2024–25, that celebrates and explores the multifaceted legacy of Latino poetry. It is directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective.”
“Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home es una iniciativa de gran alcance en el campo de las humanidades públicas que celebra el legado multifacético de la poesía latina. Esta iniciativa de realiza bajo el auspicio de Library of America con el generoso financiamiento del Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades y Emerson Collective.”